Cabinet



Patented dan. 8, 19529.

PHILIP PERGMANN, OF PHILADELPHEA, PENNSYLVANIA., ASSGNOR TO COLUMBLA STEEL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, OF PHILADELP-IA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORA- TION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

CABINET.

rhis invention relates to that type of cabinet which consists of a plurality of like units adapted to be arranged in superposition, each unit constituting a complete cabinet capable 0f use singly or, as described, in connection with other similarunits. I

The principal object ofthe present invention is to provide a unitary cabinet of' this type in which the units are provided with novel and advantageous means for locking the units in the superimposed position, each unit alsoprovided with means for attaching suitable rubber or other supporting legs or casters.

In the attached drawings, in which I have illustrated a cabinet made in accordance with my invention: v

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a cabinet comprising two units;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1, the drawers being removed from the casing, and

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of' the cabinet.

With reference to the drawings, each unit of the cabinet comprises the usual rectangular outer shell or casing 1 including atv the front rectangular openings 2, 2 for drawers 3, 3, each drawer including a front plate or panel 4 adapted to neatly close one of the said openings 2. Thecabinet also comprises a false bottom 5 which in the present instance constitutes a support for the drawer, and the side walls of thei cabinet are extended below the bottom 5 and Vare flanged inwardly. The rear wall extends below the others and its inturned fiange 6 forms what in effect is a forwardly projecting hook underlying the rear' edge of ythe casing.

Each of the units has 'also at the top edge and extending inwardly from the rear face transverse recess 7 adapted to' receivethe flange 6 of a superimposed section, as clearlj,7

illustrated in Fig. 1.` Preferably the upper" wall 8 of' the recess 7 is of such thickness as to neatly fit between the fiange and the bottom of the casing of' the superimposed 'section so that the two units are held snugly together.l

Each of the units has at the forward end a downwardly projecting transverse tongue 9 formed in the present instance by an angle piece l0, one leg of which is secured to the Application filed November 3, 1926. Serial No. 146,016.

under side of the false bottom 5, ywhile the other leg of the angle forms the tongue 9 `which projects downwardly below the inturned lower end of the forward wall of the 'Y cabinet, Each unit also has in the Vupper wall and at the forward end a slot 11 adapted the cotter pin inserted, which is made` possible by a withdrawal or partial withdrawal of one of the drawers of the lower section,

the two units are snugly secured together at the front and in such manne-r as to prevent relative movement ina longitudinal direction. The tongue, therefore, with the cotter pin 13, not only holds the units togetherat the front, but prevents a relative movement of the units such as might carry the tongue 6 free of the recess 7 at thev rear, and in this manner, the two units are firmly securedtogether, at the rear' by the flange 6, and at the front by the tongue 9 and pin 13.

In addition, each of the sections is pro-y vided in the respective int'urned flanges of the 'bottoms of' the walls of the cabinet and at each corner, with an aperture 14 for reception of the threaded studl of' a foot element or caster 16 which extends below the bottom of the flange 6 and the lower edge ofthe tongue 9 and supports the under casing in a horizontal position upon a supporting surface, nuts 17 being provided for retaining the studs 15 in the said apertures 14.

I claim': t Y

A cabinet comprising a plurality `of' superimposed units, each unit having a transverse recess along its upper rear edge and an aperture in the top adjacentth'e forward edge,v a depending inwardly extending flange at the lower rear edgeand a depending element adjacent the forward edge of each unit, the iiange of one unit being inserted in the recessy and the said depending element being in? serted inthe said top aperture ofthe contiguous unit, and means for locking the said depending element in the aperture.

. PHBLP BERGMANN. 

